{"id":9374,"date":"2026-03-11T21:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-nam\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9374"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:36:02","slug":"data-silos-and-patient-safety-why-connected-tech-is-the-unused-key-to-better-care","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-nam\/company\/news\/data-silos-and-patient-safety-why-connected-tech-is-the-unused-key-to-better-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Silos and Patient Safety: Why Connected Tech is the Unused Key to Better Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Healthcare generates more data than any other industry \u2014 yet up to 97% of it goes unused, trapped in siloed systems that can&#8217;t communicate with each other. In this piece for HIT Consultant, RLDatix Chief Patient Safety and Risk Officer Timothy McDonald, MD JD, makes the case for why connected technology isn&#8217;t just an operational upgrade, but a critical patient safety imperative. From reducing preventable adverse events to aligning leadership around a shared vision, he outlines what it truly takes to break down the barriers standing between data and better care&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/2025\/09\/09\/data-silos-and-patient-safety-why-connected-tech-is-the-unused-key-to-better-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare generates more data than any other industry \u2014 yet up to 97% of it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8656,"parent":0,"template":"","news_category":[332],"news_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9374","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-in-the-media","primary-news-category-in-the-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Data Silos and Patient Safety: Why Connected Tech is the Unused Key to Better Care | RLDatix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Latest news from RLDatix: Data Silos and Patient Safety: Why Connected Tech is the Unused Key to Better Care. 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